RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 2840934767
Emacs shortcuts (eg Ctrl+A) don't fire keypress inside contentEditable 
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34767
Summary Emacs shortcuts (eg Ctrl+A) don't fire keypress inside contentEditable
jeffharris
Reported 2010-02-09 11:26:46 PST
Repro: 1) Visit this page: http://unixpapa.com/js/testkey.html 2) Put your cursor in the textbox and type <Ctrl+A> Result: You get the keydown and keyup events but don't get the keypress event Expected Result: Like Firefox, you should get a keypress event. Same problem is also present for other Emacs shortcuts: * Ctrl+B * Ctrl+D * Ctrl+E * Ctrl+F * Ctrl+H * Ctrl+K * Ctrl+N * Ctrl+O * Ctrl+P * Ctrl+T * Ctrl+V * Ctrl+Y
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Alexey Proskuryakov
Comment 1 2010-02-09 20:16:32 PST
This is by design. There is no character code associated with such events, so we don't fire keypress, only keydown.
jeffharris
Comment 2 2010-02-09 20:24:41 PST
I guess I was confused why Ctrl+S or Ctrl+G (and others) do fire keypresses. Something seems funky here
Alexey Proskuryakov
Comment 3 2010-02-09 20:37:34 PST
Indeed, funkiness is not by design! We have another bug tracking this issue, although it also doesn't have much clarity about desired behavior. Marking as a duplicate. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 28409 ***
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